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Amendment

of Ordinance No. 7 of

1896, s. 19.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 7 of 1896, s. 20.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 7 of 1896, s. 27.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 7 of

1896. Schedule. Forms 2, 5, 6 and 16.

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7. Section 19 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, is amended by the deletion of the words one dollar" in the fifth line of sub-section (1) and by the substitution therefor of the words "two dollars and fifty cents".

8. Section 20 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, is amended as follows :-

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(a) by the deletion of the words one dollar in the seventh line of sub-section (1) and by the substi- tution therefor of the words "two dollars and fifty cents".

(b) by the deletion of the words "two dollars" in the fifth line of sub-section (2) and by the substitu- tion therefor of the words "five dollars". (c) by the deletion of the words “ fifty cents" in the fourth line of sub-section (3) and by the substi- tution therefor of the words one dollar ".

9. Section 27 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, is amended by the deletion of the words one dollar" in the fourth line of sub-section (3) and by the substitution therefor of the words "two dollars and fifty cents".

10.-(1) Form No. 2 in the Schedule to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, is amended by the addition of the words "and nationality, so far as is known "after the word "occupation " in the sixth column.

(2) Form No. 5 in the Schedule to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, is amended by the deletion of the figure "$1.00" at the end thereof and by the substitution therefor of the figures $2.50 ".

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(3) Form No. 6 in the Schedule to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, is amended by the deletion of the figure $1.00" at the end thereof and by the substitution therefor of the figures $2.50 ".

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(4) The Notice on the back of the certificate in Form No. 16 in the said Schedule is amended by the insertion of the words "and nationality, so far as is known", after the word "occupation" in the first line of paragraph (4).

11. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1932.

Objects and Reasons.

1. The Registrar General (whose title was changed to Secretary for Chinese Affairs by Ordinance No. 21 of 1913) was Registrar of Births and Deaths under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, (No. 7 of 1896) until 1909 when by the Public Service Transfer of Duties Ordinance (No. 15 of 1909) the Head of the Sanitary Department was substituted. It is now considered, as a part of the scheme for re-organization of the Medical and Sanitary Services of the Colony, that the Director of those Services should be the Registrar of Births and Deaths. Sections 2 and 6 of this Ordinance accordingly make the necessary changes in the principal Ordinance and Regulations. As the Medical and the Sanitary Departments are in the same Building the transfer of office and staff from one department to another involves no changes in the routine of registration.